New US troops in southern Afghanistan to be a ‘game changer’ in border area, commander says

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Newly arrived U.S. forces in southern Afghanistan will target insurgents crossing into the country from Pakistan and be a “game changer” in a region long dominated by the Taliban, a top commander said Tuesday.

New US troops in southern Afghanistan to be a ‘game changer’ in border area

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Newly arrived U.S. forces in southern Afghanistan will target insurgents crossing into the country from Pakistan and be a “game changer” in a region long dominated by the Taliban, a top commander said Tuesday.

US surge in southern Afghanistan to be a major ‘game changer’ in Pakistan border area

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — The surge of U.S. troops into southern Afghanistan will be a major “game changer” in the largely Taliban-controlled region as American forces target insurgent transportation routes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, an American commander said Tuesday.

US Marines fan out into dangerous southern Afghanistan, seeking to change war’s dynamic

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Teams of builders worked through dust storms Monday to expand a base for a brigade of U.S. Marines now fanning out across southern Afghanistan to change the course of a war claiming American lives faster than ever before.

7,000 US Marines patrolling southern Afghan desert as part of President Obama’s surge

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Some 7,000 of the new U.S. troops ordered to Afghanistan are fanning out across the dangerous south this week on a mission to defeat the Taliban insurgency and to change the course of a war claiming American lives at a record pace.